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Bratton and Klieman to be honored by NY Historical Society

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New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

William Bratton tough act to follow as New York City police commissioner

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton speaks during a news conference, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016, in New York's City Hall. Bratton is leaving the nation's largest police force, after a tenure in which he received credit for keeping crime down and navigated tension between police and minority communities. Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday that Bratton will retire next month to enter the private sector, although he and Bratton wouldn't disclose details. James O'Neill, the department's top chief, will become commissioner. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Bill Bratton wonders if Donald Trump ‘has ever taken a punch in his life’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton (left) speaks during a news conference in New York's City Hall on Jan. 12, 2016, as New York Mayor Bill de Blasio listens. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Bill Bratton, NYPD commissioner, to resign

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Dallas Police Chief David Brown on Sunday defended his use of a lethal robot to take out shooter Micah Johnson. (Associated Press Photographs)

David Brown, Dallas police chief, says he would use lethal robot again

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton is joined by Mayor Bill de Blasio during a news conference, Friday, July 8, 2016, in New York. The NYPD is stepping up measures in the wake of the attack on Dallas police. Bratton said officers will double up on patrols for their safety and police presence will be increased at protests. They say there is no credible threat against the police force or the city, and the steps were being taken as a precaution. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

NYPD declines Trump request to attend roll call, says Bill Bratton, commissioner

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In this Jan. 12, 2015 file photo, New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton, speaks during a news conference at police headquarters, in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

New York City gangs shifting focus toward cybercrime: Police commissioner

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton speaks during a news conference in Times Square Tuesday, March 22, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) ** FILE **

William Bratton, NYPD commissioner: ‘Our own citizens’ pose bigger threat to Americans than migrants

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton, left, and Mayor Bill de Blasio wait for the start of the funeral of Joseph Lemm at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2015. Lemm, who was a technical sergeant in the Air Guard's 105th Base Security Squadron and a 15-year veteran of the NYPD, was killed when his patrol was attacked by a suicide bomber outside Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

NYPD chiefs William Bratton, Raymond Kelly argue over New York crime rates

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

In an abandoned subway station in a lower Manhattan, emergency responders stage a drill simulating a terrorist attack Sunday, Nov. 22, 2015, in New York. Following the Nov. 13 terror attack in Paris and four days before New York's Macy&#8217;s Thanksgiving Day Parade, members of the NYPD, Fire Deptartment of New York and Homeland Security participated in the drill. (New York Police Department via AP)

NYC emergency responders go through active shooter drill

By VERENA DOBNIK - Associated Press

New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton participates in a media briefing in New York, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015. A police officer responding to a report of shots fired was killed during a gunfight and chase involving a stolen bicycle, and a suspect in his slaying was in custody, police said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

NY police chief: NYC best-prepared to fight terrorism

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New York City police commissioner Bill Bratton speaks during a news conference at police headquarters in New York, Monday, March 16, 2015. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

William Bratton, NYC police chief, wants 450 more officers to fight Islamic State

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

A hammer, bottom center between three white cups, lies in the middle of a Manhattan intersection as police investigators gather, Wednesday, May 13, 2015, after a man apparently wielding the hammer was shot and wounded by police in New York. The shooting took place shortly after 10 a.m. Wednesday blocks from Madison Square Garden and Penn Station in Manhattan. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Police shoot man suspected in 4 hammer attacks in Manhattan

By Karen Matthews and Colleen Long - Associated Press

ADDS DAY AND DATE - New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, second left, stands by as New York Police Department Commissioner William Bratton, second right, speaks at a news conference at St. Barnabas Hospital in the Bronx section of New York, early Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015, after two New York City police officers were shot late Monday night. The two officers responding to a robbery in the Bronx were shot and wounded, and a manhunt was underway for at least two suspects, authorities said. The officers were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. (AP Photo/Tom McElroy)

2 NYPD officers shot in the Bronx, manhunt underway for suspects

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Some police officers turn their backs as Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks during the funeral of New York Police Department Officer Wenjian Liu, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2015, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Liu and his partner, officer Rafael Ramos, were killed Dec. 20 as they sat in their patrol car on a Brooklyn street. The shooter, Ismaaiyl Brinsley, later killed himself. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Bill de Blasio, NYC mayor, says police who turned backs were disrespectful

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: William Bratton, New York police commissioner, favors politics over officers

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

New York Police Department officers arrive for the wake of Officer Wenjian Liu, outside Aievoli Funeral Home, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2015, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Liu and his partner, Officer Rafael Ramos, were killed Dec. 20, as they sat in their patrol car on a Brooklyn street. The shooter, Ismaaiyl Brinsley, later killed himself. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Officers salute police boss, mayor at cop’s wake

By MIKE BALSAMO - Associated Press

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, center left, New York Police Department Commissioner Bill Bratton, center right, and Rikki Klieman, Bratton's wife, second from right, arrive at the wake of New York Police Department Officer Wenjian Liu at Aievoli Funeral Home, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2015, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Liu and his partner, Officer Rafael Ramos, were killed Dec. 20, as they sat in their patrol car on a Brooklyn street. The shooter, Ismaaiyl Brinsley, later killed himself. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

De Blasio saluted by NYPD at Wenjian Liu’s wake

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Police officers turn their backs as New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks at the funeral of New York City police officer Rafael Ramos in the Glendale section of Queens, Saturday, Dec. 27, 2014, in New York. Ramos and his partner, officer Wenjian Liu, were killed Dec. 20 as they sat in their patrol car on a Brooklyn street. The shooter, Ismaaiyl Brinsley, later killed himself. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

NYPD Commissioner: Officers turning their backs on deBlasio was ‘inappropriate’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Protesters fill Times Square during a march after the announcement of the grand jury decision not to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed black 18-year-old, Monday, Nov. 24, 2014, in New York. (Associated Press)

Thousands march in N.Y. to protest Ferguson decision

By Deepti Hajela - Associated Press